LILONGWE - Apr 4/06 - IRIN -- Food insecurity in Malawi can be overcome if people's high dependency on maize is reduced, according to a World Food Programme (WFP) study. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 6/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending March 29 dropped, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Apr 7/06 - IRIN -- Drought in the Horn of Africa has exacerbated an ongoing crisis for pastoral communities in arid and semi-arid areas in the region - a crisis that will not be solved with just food assistance, United Nations officials said at the launch of an appeal for humanitarian aid. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 13/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending April 5 rose, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Apr 19/06 - SNS -- Canadian truckers are warning shippers they will likely see another round of fuel surcharge increases in the coming months as the industry suffers under the dual concerns of rising diesel costs and less efficient fuel usage rates once the industry converts to low sulphur diesel. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CHICAGO - Apr 20/06 - SNS -- International agricultural commodity markets were more active overnight, with wheat, corn and barley trading reported in major Asian markets and Morocco. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 20/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending April 12 fell, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

JOHANNESBURG - Apr 21/06 - IRIN -- There is growing concern that World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries are unlikely to meet the 30 April deadline for broad agreement on agricultural and trade tariff cuts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Apr 27/06 - SNS -- The number of carloads of grains and oilseeds delivered to U.S. ports for the week ending April 19 fell, according to the USDA's Transportation and Marketing Programs/Transportation Services Branch weekly Grain Transportation Report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ADDIS ABABA - Apr 28/06 - IRIN -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi stressed the importance of sustained emergency relief efforts - especially those targeting children - in his country, which has been ravaged by the regional drought in eastern Africa. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NAIROBI - Apr 28/06 - IRIN -- Millions of vulnerable people in the western Sudanese region of Darfur and eastern Sudan will receive half-rations of food beginning on Monday, due to a significant shortfall in funding, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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